Here we go again. Here is a link to last year's even: http://www.cigargeeks.com/index.php?topic=48470.0
Once again it is the month of May and being originally an Indiana guy I figured that I would start another Indy 500 contest.
I am looking for 11 participants for a free 5'er and some souvenirs from this year's race. May even throw in something special. Just respond to the thread and I will put you on the list. The deadline for entry is 11:59 pm Eastern, Friday, May 24th but act quick since we fill up long before then and once the window is closed, it is closed.
Here is the skinny on how I will do this:
There are 33 starters in the race. Qualifying days are May 18th and 19th. On the night of May 19th the starting field is locked in so we will know starters 1-33. On Saturday morning, May 25th, I will do a random draw of our participants starting with the driver in the 33rd position all the way up to 1st. Each Geek will get 3 drivers in the race for scoring.
Scoring: The race will begin on Sunday, May 26th at around 12:30 pm Eastern time (scheduled). Each driver will be assigned points based on his or her official finishing position. For example, your driver starts 12th, but has an incident on lap 1 and is out has an official finishing position of 33, then you get 1 point for that driver, 32 - 2 points, 31 - 3 points all the way to the winner who gets 33 points. I will tally up the points for your 3 drivers and then rank each Geek from 1-11. The contestant who has the most points based on your drivers' finishing positions will be our big winner.
In the event of a tie for 1st for our Geeks, (1) I will award a bonus point to the 3 driver team that led the most laps. (2) In the event of tie there, then I will average out the starting positions of your 3 drivers versus the other person's 3 drivers and award a bonus point to the lowest starting average starting positioned team of 3 drivers.
If we get a good response very early on, I would be open to a second field.
I am looking for CONUS or GWN players, who are active on the site or semi regulars here preferably Vet status or better or with a rec from an established Geek (doing this one in response to some crazy spam lately). I reserve the right to refuse service to anyone or to modify the contest but will do everything I can to get everyone in.
We had 2 fields last year with a great turn out and our 2 winners received a sampling of 5 that we enjoyed on race day, a Special Edition Diecast Indycar and a beer stein. Last year, winners were announced on Sunday night after the race.
Alright, who's in???
Entry List:
Contest 1:
1.benchjockey
2.arrow34
3.Brlesq (1)
4.05Venturer
5.headfirst
6.Silverstix
7.CFickter
8.ninfiction
9.tfkirk
10.klamm143
11.Kid Montana
Contest 2: (If Filled)
1.jagfandaddy (2)
2.Koop
3.johncw
4.bstessl
5.PETE314
6.nirab
7.Adwinistrator
8.junglepete (1)
9.1sgjeffward
10.DRuff
11.nathanw13
Always a fun contest. Thanks, Dave!
Interesting contest. I am in, if you will have me ;)
Lots of fun as always. I'm in, Dave. Thanks for the contest!
Pick Me Pick Me :biggrin:
4 in already. Great start.
I'll play :bigthumbs:
Not a big racing fan but this will give me a reason to watch. I'll play if you'll have me!
thanks for doing this again, I would like to play please
Pick me Pick me!
Also, here is your entry list for the race through today. http://www.imscdn.com/indycar_media/documents/2019-04-30/Indy%20500%20Entry%20List%205-1.pdf
36 cars for 33 spots. Qualifying should be fun to watch.
I'm kind of clueless on whats going on but I'm in just LMN what has to be done. Not a race fan but my boy is a big fan so we'll watch together for some bonding time. If you'll have me that is.
SORRY DOUBLE TAPPED
I'll give it another try - always a fun contest!!!!!
Put me on the list!
Field number 1 is now full.
I will open up a second field of 11 if I get enough interest.
Man I hope I get Herta, from my hometown!
Thanks David...............
I'm in!
Quotejagfandaddy - 5/3/2019 3:25 PM
I'm in!
Let's get that 2nd field filled. Gunning for a 3 peat, are you?
Please add me to the second field - sounds like fun!
Sure am!!
This is a great contest by a great Geek!! And yes, I intend on making this a three peat!!
Quotejagfandaddy - 5/4/2019 6:36 PM
This is a great contest by a great Geek!! And yes, I intend on making this a three peat!!
That's the spirit. Love it. Good Luck!
Come on in, the water is warm folks. We have 9 spots available.
Count me in and thanks for the contest
I'm in
I'm In...Sounds like fun!!!
You guys are in.
Only 6 spots left. Get em while you can.
I'd like to be included!! :biggrin:
IN!
Thanks for running the contest, David!
YAY!!!! :biggrin: :dancing:
nirab and Adwinistrator you are both in.
I'll jump in on this if there is still an open spot. Thanks for the contest!
Would love to play.
I'm in
Only 1 spot remaining. Who wants it?
Practice opens in a few minutes and it should be a great race.
Long time lurker, trying to be a bit more active... I'd love to be a part of this, but I understand if not as I don't quite meet all requirements. Good on ya either way for doing this!
Quotenathanw13 - 5/15/2019 7:44 AM
Long time lurker, trying to be a bit more active... I'd love to be a part of this, but I understand if not as I don't quite meet all requirements. Good on ya either way for doing this!
Nathan, I am going to put you in the maybe column for right now. If a Geek with the requisite credentials doesn't present themselves before the 6 pm gun at the end of qualifying on Sunday then you are most certainly in. I just want to give those who meet the criteria the first crack at this one. Thanks and I will let you know.
Last call for one more vet. If not, we have a full lineup.
Quotenathanw13 - 5/15/2019 7:44 AM
Long time lurker, trying to be a bit more active... I'd love to be a part of this, but I understand if not as I don't quite meet all requirements. Good on ya either way for doing this!
nathanw13, you are in.
All, I will have the draw tonight and get things posted up.
Best of luck to everyone!
Awesome!! Thanks again for doing this!!
Gettin my Milk ready!!! lol
Group 1 Drivers (Starting Position)
1 Benchjockey Will Power (6)
Ryan Hunter-Reay (22)
Marcus Ericsson (13)
2 arrow34 Santino Ferruci (23)
Marco Andretti (10)
Alexander Rossi (9)
3 Brlesq Conor Daly (11)
Jack Harvey (25)
Jordan King (26)
4 05Venturer Oriol Servia (19)
Josef Newgarden (8)
James Hinchcliffe (32)
5 headfirst Felix Rosenqvist (29)
Ed Jones (4)
Charlie Kimball (20)
6 Silverstix Kyle Kaiser (33)
Scott Dixon (18)
Matheus Leist (24)
7 Cfickter Graham Rahal (17)
Spencer Pigot (3)
Tony Kanaan (16)
8 Ninfiction Pippa Mann (30)
James Davison (15)
Helio Castroneves (12)
9 tfkirk Sebastien Bourdais (7)
Ben Hanley (27)
Takuma Sato (14)
10 Klamm143 Colton Herta (5)
Zach Veach (28)
Sage Karam (31)
11 Kid Montana Charlie Kimball (20)
Ed Carpenter (2)
Simon Pagenaud (1)
Group 2 Drivers (Starting Position)
1 jagfandaddy Spencer Pigot (3)
Marco Andretti (10)
Alexander Rossi (9)
2 Koop James Hinchcliffe (32)
Conor Daly (11)
JR Hildebrand (21)
3 johncw James Davison (15)
Jack Harvey (25)
Zach Veach (28)
4 bstessl Matheus Leist (24)
Takuma Sato (14)
Sage Karam (31)
5 PETE314 Pippa Mann (30)
Scott Dixon (18)
Josef Newgarden (8)
6 nirab Ed Carpenter (2)
Will Power (6)
Charlie Kimball (20)
7 Adwinistrator Simon Pagenaud (1)
Kyle Kaiser (33)
Helio Castroneves (12)
8 junglepete Tony Kanaan (16)
Graham Rahal (17)
Felix Rosenqvist (29)
9 1sgjeffward Colton Herta (5)
Jordan King (26)
Sebastien Bourdais (7)
10 Druff Oriol Servia (19)
Ben Hanley (27)
Marcus Ericsson (13)
11 nathanw13 Ryan Hunter-Reay (22)
Santino Ferrucci (23)
Ed Jones (4)
Current Betting Line Odds
6 Will POWER Chevy 7-1
8 Josef NEWGARDEN Chevy 8-1
9 Alexander ROSSI Honda 8-1
18 Scott DIXON Honda 12-1
22 Ryan HUNTER-REAY Honda 20-1
1 Simon PAGENAUD Chevy 7-1
12 Helio CASTRONEVES Chevy 14-1
32 James HINCHCLIFFE Honda 40-1
10 Marco ANDRETTI Honda 20-1
2 Ed CARPENTER Chevy 8-1
16 Tony KANAAN Chevy 25-1
29 Felix ROSENQVIST Honda 60-1
7 Sebastien BOURDAIS Honda 18-1
17 Graham RAHAL Honda 25-1
14 Takuma SATO Honda 25-1
13 Marcus ERICSSON Honda 40-1
31 Sage KARAM Chevy 100-1
11 Conor DALY Honda 40-1
4 Ed JONES Chevy 20-1
28 Zach VEACH Honda 40-1
21 JR HILDEBRAND Chevy 60-1
24 Matteus LEIST Chevy 80-1
5 Colton HERTA Honda 12-1
26 Jordan KING Honda 100-1
19 Oriol SERVIA Honda 80-1
3 Spencer PIGOT Chevy 12-1
15 James DAVISON Honda 100-1
23 Santino FERRUCCI Honda 200-1
20 Charlie KIMBALL Chevy 100-1
25 Jack HARVEY Honda 200-1
27 Ben HANLEY Chevy 1000-1
33 Kyle KAISER Chevy 500-1
30 Pippa MANN Chevy 1000-1
Rigged! Dan get's 1 & 2
Isn't Pippa part of the royal family? Guaranteed to win!
Nice picks! I'm happy with Pagenaud and Castroneves
Quoteninfiction - 5/21/2019 11:49 AM
Rigged! Dan get's 1 & 2
Isn't Pippa part of the royal family? Guaranteed to win!
Past performance doesn't indicate future results. 1992 Indy 500, Pole winner Roberto Guerrero spun and crashed the car on the first pace lap and finished 33rd. It was a shocking turn of events. Same race, 33rd starter Scott Goodyear worked his way through the field to finish second.
As for Pippa, 1000-1 odds to win from 30th spot. Makes me wish I had Grays Sports Almanac to place some bets.
It is a very long race. 2 years ago, Juncos racing started 30th and 32nd only to have both cars finish in the top 12.
Sit back and enjoy the show.
I see a three peat!!
Quotejagfandaddy - 5/21/2019 1:19 PM
I see a three peat!!
And there it is folks. Frogman is already talking sh@t on here... :biggrin: :biggrin:
Like my line up
My drivers should keep me in contention.
Hot damn, pole position, two on the front row.
20-1, 60-1, and 100-1 odds, ouch...
Noticed that Niki Lauda died. RIP.
Quotebenchjockey - 5/22/2019 5:43 AM
Noticed that Niki Lauda died. RIP.
Not an F1 guy at all but sad news.
8-1, 8-1, 1000-1 odds...
Come on Pippa Mann!!!! You Go Girl!!! Daddy needs some new smokes!!!!
If Pippa can can move up...I may have a pretty decent shot at this.
Thanks doing this again Dave. If I remember correctly, this contest isn't as simple as whose driver wins the race, correct? You use some sort of formula
QuoteBrlesq - 5/22/2019 7:24 AM
Thanks doing this again Dave. If I remember correctly, this contest isn't as simple as whose driver wins the race, correct? You use some sort of formula
Absolutely! Love doing this one.
It would be easy if it were winner take all but the scoring format gives just about anyone a chance to be competitive.
From the scoring section of the rules:
Scoring: The race will begin on Sunday, May 26th at around 12:30 pm Eastern time (scheduled). Each driver will be assigned points based on his or her official finishing position. For example, your driver starts 12th, but has an incident on lap 1 and is out has an official finishing position of 33, then you get 1 point for that driver, 32 - 2 points, 31 - 3 points all the way to the winner who gets 33 points. I will tally up the points for your 3 drivers and then rank each Geek from 1-11. The contestant who has the most points based on your drivers' finishing positions will be our big winner.
In the event of a tie for 1st for our Geeks, (1) I will award a bonus point to the 3 driver team that led the most laps. (2) In the event of tie there, then I will average out the starting positions of your 3 drivers versus the other person's 3 drivers and award a bonus point to the lowest starting average starting positioned team of 3 drivers.
So the winner gets 33 points, 2nd gets 32 points, 3rd gets 31 points all the way to 33rd place which scores 1. We total the scores of all 3 drivers and declare the winner for the group. There will be 2 winners of the contest this year.
Hope that clears it all up.
We are about 13 hours from the start of the race. I just wanted to wish everyone luck and a great race day.
The race starts at 12:20 pm eastern but NBC has a ton of coverage. Pray for no rain.
Hope you all enjoy the show. Ought to be another fun one.
Very Exciting Race!!!!
Pagenaud FTW!
:cry:
I only fell back a total of 13 positions, did I win? :lmao:
I will post the winners tomorrow morning as I am still on my way home from the race and get a few boxes rolling out the door Tuesday morning.
Did I win? :confused:
103rd Indy 500 Geeks Contest Line Up Group 1
Member Name Driver Assigned (Starting Position) Finishing Position Points Member Total
1 Benchjockey Will Power (6) 5 29 66
Ryan Hunter-Reay (22) 8 26
Marcus Ericsson (13) 23 11
2 arrow34 Santino Ferruci (23) 7 27 67
Marco Andretti (10) 26 8
Alexander Rossi (9) 2 32
3 Brlesq Conor Daly (11) 10 24 47
Jack Harvey (25) 21 13
Jordan King (26) 24 10
4 05Venturer Oriol Servia (19) 22 12 65
Josef Newgarden (8) 4 30
James Hinchcliffe (32) 11 23
5 headfirst Felix Rosenqvist (29) 28 6 36
Ed Jones (4) 13 21
Charlie Kimball (20) 25 9
6 Silverstix Kyle Kaiser (33) 31 3 39
Scott Dixon (18) 17 17
Matheus Leist (24) 15 19
7 Cfickter Graham Rahal (17) 27 7 52
Spencer Pigot (3) 14 20
Tony Kanaan (16) 9 25
8 Ninfiction Pippa Mann (30) 16 18 56
James Davison (15) 12 22
Helio Castroneves (12) 18 16
9 tfkirk Sebastien Bourdais (7) 30 4 37
Ben Hanley (27) 32 2
Takuma Sato (14) 3 31
10 Klamm143 Colton Herta (5) 33 1 21
Zach Veach (28) 29 5
Sage Karam (31) 19 15
11 Kid Montana Charlie Kimball (20) 25 9 70***
Ed Carpenter (2) 6 28
Simon Pagenaud (1) 1 33
103rd Indy 500 Geeks Contest Line Up Group 2
Member Name Driver Assigned (Starting Position) Finishing Position Points Member Total
1 jagfandaddy Spencer Pigot (3) 14 20 60
Marco Andretti (10) 26 8
Alexander Rossi (9) 2 32
2 Koop James Hinchcliffe (32) 11 23 61
Conor Daly (11) 10 24
JR Hildebrand (21) 20 14
3 johncw James Davison (15) 12 22 40
Jack Harvey (25) 21 13
Zach Veach (28) 29 5
4 bstessl Matheus Leist (24) 15 19 65
Takuma Sato (14) 3 31
Sage Karam (31) 19 15
5 PETE314 Pippa Mann (30) 16 18 65
Scott Dixon (18) 17 17
Josef Newgarden (8) 4 30
6 nirab Ed Carpenter (2) 6 28 66
Will Power (6) 5 29
Charlie Kimball (20) 25 9
7 Adwinistrator Simon Pagenaud (1) 1 33 52
Kyle Kaiser (33) 31 3
Helio Castroneves (12) 18 16
8 junglepete Tony Kanaan (16) 9 25 38
Graham Rahal (17) 27 7
Felix Rosenqvist (29) 28 6
9 1sgjeffward Colton Herta (5) 33 1 15
Jordan King (26) 24 10
Sebastien Bourdais (7) 30 4
10 Druff Oriol Servia (19) 22 12 25
Ben Hanley (27) 32 2
Marcus Ericsson (13) 23 11
11 nathanw13 Ryan Hunter-Reay (22) 8 26 74****
Santino Ferrucci (23) 7 27
Ed Jones (4) 13 21
Congrats to:
Kid Montana and nathanw13
I will get your prize packages out tomorrow.
Thanks to everyone for participating this year. See you all next year!
Congratulations to Dan and Nathan.
Congrats to the winners! Thanks again for the contest, Dave!
Missed it by {} that much!
Great contest Dave. Thanks for putting it on!
Thanks for running the contest, Dave! Congrats to the winners!!
great contest, great race
thanks for running again!
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Congrats guys!!
Congratulations winners and thanks for the contest David!
Woohoo! Thanks for the contest David, I have really started enjoying the Indy 500 tremendously since you started holding these contests.
QuoteDeener27 - 5/27/2019 7:52 AM
Congrats to:
Kid Montana and nathanw13
I will get your prize packages out tomorrow.
Thanks to everyone for participating this year. See you all next year!
Wow! Congrats Kid Montana and thanks Deener! Great contest!
Congrats guys....Thanks for the contest!!!
Thanks for a great contest and congrats to the winners!! :biggrin:
Congrats to the winners - thanks for running the contest David.
David thanks a lot for hosting this and including me! Congrats all to the winners, I wasn't able to watch the race I was out on my boat but I did check periodically to see the positions, which is more than I've ever done in my life in regards to a car race!
Awesome! Congrats guys!
Winnings have been shipped.
Thanks again for a great year.
See you all (hopefully) next year.
Congrats winners! Thanks for the contest, Dave.
Wow, great prize David, thank you!
(https://i.imgur.com/6R4afsx.jpg)
Nice!!
A bit late posting up...
Awesome prize for a great event! Thanks again!
Nice winnings!
A worthy prize.